bullock's oriole

A beautiful male Bullock's oriole searching for tasty berries in a bottlebrush tree.

Sorry for the feeder pole, but thought this image showing the ear opening was interesting. Found this info online- "Like humans, birds have an outer ear, a middle ear, and an inner ear. Feathers cover the ear opening to protect it and cut the wind noise. But if you ever see a bald bird...

We've watched the youngsters follow the parents to our feeders, but this is the first time I've actually seen a male feed its young.

This is an adult male oriole with a youngster.

This is an immature male.

He arrived late but at least he's here. The females should start arriving any day now.

Some of the peaches are ripening now and the fruit is drawing orioles, grosbeaks and jays. Even the hummingbirds are favoring the fruit as it attracts small gnats.

This young male is still changing to his adult colors.

The juvenile orioles seem to be everywhere these days. The peaches on our neighbor's tree are abundant and not cared for so the birds will have lots of sweet fruit soon.

This younger male has nesting material in his bill.

Thank you for all your kind comments on my images.

Last bullock's juvie for this year since it looks like they've all left now. I'm hoping the hooded youngsters will stay around longer but I counted 10 two days ago and they were all at the feeders like they might be filling up to leave.

The youngsters keep arriving and the feeders are constantly full of both the bullock's and the hooded orioles. Since they're always sticking together, it amazes me that there aren't hybrids around.

This one was searching for bugs on the hollyhocks.

This juvie Hooded Oriole was trying to figure out how to drink the sugar water. The male Bullock's Orioles finally got her to get up straight and drink. I see this every year and still have to laugh as I watch them.

Another new addition to our bullock's and hooded oriole families.

This one is so young that it's hard to tell for sure but I think it's a female.

This immature male was waiting for a turn at the sugar water feeder and chose to drop the feathers so he could drink.

Caught this male sitting on a branch attached to our deck.

This is a 1st year bird, fledged in the area here. Not sure if it is a male or female, as the black throat will not appear until October: this image was taken Aug 20.